| Detroit Lions at New Orleans Saints Game Statistics |
| Date: November 14, 1976 Location: New Orleans, LA |
| Venue: Louisiana Superdome Attendance: 42048 |
| Weather: Indoors |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 16 |
| New Orleans Saints | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | DET | NO |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Detroit Lions | Charlie Sanders 5 pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick failed) | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints | Rich Szaro 37 FG | 6 | 3 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | Larry Burton 69 pass from Bobby Douglass (Rich Szaro kick) | 6 | 10 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Benny Ricardo 43 FG | 9 | 10 |
| 4 | New Orleans Saints | Warren Capone 2 opponents fumble recovery (Rich Szaro kick) | 9 | 17 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions | Larry Walton 16 pass from Greg Landry (Benny Ricardo kick) | 16 | 17 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 18 | 82 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 17 | 72 | 4.2 | 0 | |
| Greg Landry | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Herman Weaver | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Chuck Muncie | 10 | 60 | 6.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Tony Galbreath | 10 | 23 | 2.3 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 4 | -4 | -1.0 | 0 | |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||||||||
| Greg Landry | 38 | 27 | 71.1 | 0 | 310 | 8.2 | 2 | 112.8 | |||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 19 | 8 | 42.1 | 0 | 132 | 6.9 | 1 | 83.7 | |||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Dexter Bussey | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 0 | |
| Ray Jarvis | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sanders | 5 | 57 | 11.4 | 1 | |
| Larry Walton | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 1 | |
| Lawrence Gaines | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | |
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| David Hill | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Larry Burton | 2 | 81 | 40.5 | 1 | |
| Chuck Muncie | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | |||||
| Herman Weaver | 5 | 196 | 39.2 | 0 | |
| Benny Ricardo | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| New Orleans Saints | |||||
| Tom Blanchard | 8 | 365 | 45.6 | 0 | |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Lem Barney | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | ||
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Chuck Crist | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Lions | ||||||
| Leonard Thompson | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Bobby Thompson | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| New Orleans Saints | ||||||
| Tony Galbreath | 3 | 35 | 11.7 | 0 | ||
| SACKS | NO |
|---|---|
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